Mixed picture for house prices across England & Wales as market conditions remain ‘challenging’
Annual change currently at -0.5%, reports LSL & Acadata, after marginal monthly rise; transactions slip to 59,100, marking the lowest February figure since 2015
Surveyors ‘remain cautious’ despite pick-up in market activity
New buyer enquiries, newly agreed sales, and new instructions have recovered since the lockdown, but surveyor sentiment is still not buoyant.
Lloyds predicts a 5% fall for house prices this year
Major mortgage lender Lloyds and top-end buying agency Black Brick are both predicting a fall for property values as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.
London house prices falling at fastest rate since 2009
But signs of momentum are returning to the top of the market, says LSL & Acadata, with prices in Kensington & Chelsea holding up and transactions on the rise in Fulham and Camden...
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Trio of heavyweight Chestertons agents join Azar’s growing brokerage in PCL
Top-billing sales pros Rowland King, George Smith & Matthew Chard have signed to UK Sotheby's International Realty.
‘The government got it wrong’: Prime property insiders react to non-dom U-turn rumours
UPDATED: Key inheritance tax rule 'under review' amid wave of high-profile departures, reports suggest.
LonRes Awards 2025: The Winners
London's top dealmakers were recognised at the firm's 25-year anniversary bash in Belgrave Square on Wednesday night.
LonRes founders Carrington & Payne on 25 years in the prime London property arena
A personal view of how Prime Central London has evolved since the turn of the century, by William Carrington & Anthony Payne - who founded LonRes in the year 2000.
Reuben Brothers brings in ‘disruptive’ luxury agency for One Carrington sales push
Luxury specialist OB Private joins the teamsheet at newly completed apartment scheme in Mayfair's midst.
In Pictures: Park Modern penthouse pitched as ‘the finest new turn-key residence in London’
Listed at £42mn, the five-bedroom apartment features interiors designed by Fenton Whelan's in-house team.
Charted: The evolution of London’s prime property market, 2000-2025
Exclusive LonRes data reveal which parts of the capital’s prime property market have seen the most significant price growth over the last 25-years.
Investor swoops on pair of Knightsbridge apartment buildings
Boutique PCL agencies collaborate on big-ticket deal just around the corner from Harrods.
Dubai soars as global super-prime market ‘hits a new gear’
Knight Frank reports overall rise in $10mn property deals around the world, but ‘adverse taxation shifts’ take their toll in London.
Have PCL property prices really dropped 60% in a year?
It depends on which data you look at, and caveats apply.
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